Erten Gazi (born June 15, 1997) is a Cypriot-born Turkish professional
basketball
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player for
Anadolu Efes
Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...
Erten Gazi was born in North Nicosia to Turkish Cypriot parents Ayten (née Zabit) and Uğur Gazi. Ayten Gazi was a former track and field athlete from
Paphos
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while Uğur Gazi was a volleyball player from
Famagusta
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. Erten grew up in
Morphou
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. He started playing basketball in 2004 for Güzelyurt Basketbol İhtisas Spor Derneği, coached by his parents. Gazi scored 48 points for his club in the final game of North Cyprus national U14 championship in 2011, losing the game 80–59. He won the national U16 championship in 2012. He attended Şehit Turgut Ortaokulu from 2008 to 2011, receiving national third place in 2009 and championship in 2010. Gazi enrolled Güzelyurt Türk Maarif Koleji upon achieving fifth-place in the entrance examination. During his freshman year he led his team to the national high schools' final game, where they lost and ended in second place.
In 2012, he moved to Istanbul since he was signed by
Anadolu Efes
Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...
to play for their U16 and U18 teams. He won the Turkish national U16 championship in 2013 with Efes. He was assigned to Pertevniyal, Efes' feeder club. He won the Turkish national U18 championship in 2014 with Pertevniyal. He played high schools' basketball with Bostancı Doğa Koleji. He led his team to the high schools' city (Istanbul) championship, the national (Turkey) championship and the World Championship in his senior year. Gazi committed to
DePaul University
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to play college basketball in the United States.
College career
Gazi started five games and appeared in 30 in his freshman season, averaging 2.2 points in 14.6 minutes per game for Blue Demons. However, after only appearing in 13 games and averaging 1.4 points in 4.2 minutes per game in his sophomore season he left the program. He transferred to
Fordham University
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and sat out the 2017–18 season as per the
NCAA
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rules.
He was injured twice in his redshirt junior season playing only in five games and starting in two, averaging 5.2 points in 16.8 minutes per game for
COVID-19 pandemic
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Anadolu Efes
Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...
training camp roster in Slovenia. He made his debut for Efes' first team aged 16, playing in the friendly game against Olimpija. He scored his first points against
Zlatorog Laško
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. He moved back to Pertevniyal and played in the 2014–2015 TBL season.
Upon his graduation from college, Gazi returned to Efes on 6 August 2020. He made his Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) debut on 26 September 2020, against Galatasaray. He had his first start in third game, recording 14 points in 21 minutes against Ormanspor on 10 October 2020 as his personal record in BSL. He made his EuroLeague debut on 13 October 2020 against
Alba Berlin
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. On 5 November 2020, he received his first start in a EuroLeague game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. He played in 22 games to help Efes finish 2020–21 BSL regular season with top record, winning 29 out of 30 games.
International career
Gazi has chosen to represent
Turkey
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2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
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, where he played in all 9 games, averaging 5.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per game, while starting in the final game. He also represented Turkey in
2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
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, finishing in the seventh place. Gazi was called up to the national B team for their training camp in August 2021.
Career statistics
EuroLeague
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2020–21
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Anadolu Efes
Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...